Darwin's camera :
Prodger, Phillip.
Darwin's camera : art and photography in the theory of evolution. Phillip Prodger. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xxv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Darwin's art collection : the prints, drawings, and photographs Darwin collected in the 1860s and 70s -- Illustrations and illusion : strategies Darwin used in illustrating his books -- Art, experience, and observation : Darwin's knowledge of art history and use of illustration in his books -- Darwin and the passions : how passion manuals informed Darwin's research -- Photography and evolution meet : connections between photography and biology in the 1860s -- Method to their madness : how photography in mental hospitals influenced Darwin -- Laughing and crying : Darwin's quest for pictures of expressive babies -- Darwin's eyes and ears : the artists who guided Darwin's search for pictures -- Darwin's art photographer : Oscar Rejlander, Darwin's favorite photographer -- Rejlander's performances : posing for Darwin's pictures -- Alice, eugenics, and the spirit world : the aftermath of Darwin's experiments.
9780195150315
2008033854
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 --Illustrations.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 --Art collections.
QH 365.Z9 / .P942 2009
Darwin's camera : art and photography in the theory of evolution. Phillip Prodger. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xxv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Darwin's art collection : the prints, drawings, and photographs Darwin collected in the 1860s and 70s -- Illustrations and illusion : strategies Darwin used in illustrating his books -- Art, experience, and observation : Darwin's knowledge of art history and use of illustration in his books -- Darwin and the passions : how passion manuals informed Darwin's research -- Photography and evolution meet : connections between photography and biology in the 1860s -- Method to their madness : how photography in mental hospitals influenced Darwin -- Laughing and crying : Darwin's quest for pictures of expressive babies -- Darwin's eyes and ears : the artists who guided Darwin's search for pictures -- Darwin's art photographer : Oscar Rejlander, Darwin's favorite photographer -- Rejlander's performances : posing for Darwin's pictures -- Alice, eugenics, and the spirit world : the aftermath of Darwin's experiments.
9780195150315
2008033854
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 --Illustrations.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 --Art collections.
QH 365.Z9 / .P942 2009
